Allied Warships

HMS Scout (H 51)

Destroyer of the Admiralty S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty S 
PennantH 51 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
OrderedApr 1917 
Laid down25 Oct 1917 
Launched27 Apr 1918 
Commissioned15 Jun 1918 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped on 2 March 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN
15 Septeber 1938 – 20 January 1940

Lt.Cdr. Cecil Hamilton Holmes, RN
20 January 1940 – 12 November 1940

Lt.Cdr. Duncan Harmish Harper, RN (retired)
12 November 1940 - February 1941

Lt.Cdr. Hedworth Lambton, RN
February 1941 – 23 December 1942

Lt. Robert Graham Woodward, RN
23 December 1942 – December 1943

T/Lt. J.C.A. Hammond, RNR
December 1943 – June 1944

Lt. P.V. James, RNR
June 1944 –

T/A/Lt.Cdr. A.D. Cooper, RNVR
November 1944 - ???

Lt. P.V. James, RNR
??? – ???

T/Lt. C.P. Kane-White, RANVR
??? – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Scout (H 51)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN15 Sep 193820 Jan 1940
2Lt.Cdr. Cecil Hamilton Holmes, RN20 Jan 194012 Nov 1940
3Lt.Cdr. (retired) Duncan Harmish Harper, RN12 Nov 1940Feb 1941
4Lt.Cdr. (retired) Hedworth Lambton, RNFeb 194123 Dec 1942
5Lt. Robert Graham Woodward, RN23 Dec 1942Dec 1943
6T/Lt. John Cyril Asquin Hammond, RNRDec 1943Jun 1944
7Lt. Peter Vernon James, RNRJun 1944???

8T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Charles Cooper, RNVRNov 1944???

9Lt. Peter Vernon James, RNR??????

10T/Lt. Charles Patrick Kane-White, RANVR1 Mar 1945Oct 1945 ?

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